Friday, August 3, 2012

Special Guest Artist: Karen Anderson

Happy Friday. It's Pam here sharing a tutorial by a super talented artist named Karen. She has been featured a couple of times with cool tutorials such as a Punched Poinsetta and Braided Tape Border. Please get to know her more by reading her bio here. She has a unique style of style scrapbooking and lots of great ideas to share on her blog: http://totalpapercrafts.blogspot.com/ . It is such an honor to feature her innovative project today. Sit back and enjoy this great tutorial by Karen!

___________________________

The launch of new products and materials is something that always
excites me as I am definitely a 'technique geek', I'm always on the
look-out for new things to use and new ways to use them. Now I've told
you that you can probably imagine just how excited I was when glassine
paper hit the craft scene a little while ago. You can find glassine in a
coated kraft colour and also in a thinner white version, I began
chatting about both types in very exuberant terms during my classes and
quickly discovered that lots of my students didn't know how to use it.
Since then I have
included
glassine in a few classes and it has been hugely popular so I thought
I'd share some ideas with you today.

You'll
need some glassine paper, in this tutorial I used the kraft version but
you can use white in exactly the same way for a more delicate finished
effect.

I used an embossing folder, a die-cut machine and some flower dies to create textured glassine flowers.

Cut a piece of glassine paper to fit your embossing folder.

Place
the paper into the folder - you can actually do multiple layers at the
same time, I have done two layers with the kraft glassine and up to four
layers of white.

Pass the folder through your diecutting/embossing machine

Remove the glassine paper from the folder to reveal the embossed effect - raised areas become lighter to highlight the effect.

Use
the embossed glassine with dies to create flowers, multiple layers can
then be stacked to create a dimensional embellishment. In this scrapbook
layout

I coloured the glassine first with Distress Ink
which I set with a heat gun and then followed the steps above to emboss
and die cut the flowers.

In
this second double page layout I used white glassine and added colour by
inking it after the embossing stage to highlight the raised designs on
the flowers and leaves.

I hope that I have given
you some ideas of how you can use glassine paper in your scrapbooking
and papercraft projects. It is so simple to work with making it a
breeze to create stunning
effects - if you are inspired by this feature then please share with us
what you have created, we'd love to see what you come up with!

About Pam Callaghan

Pam Callaghan has been scrapbooking for eleven years. She fell in love with the craft after a friend invited her to a scrapbook party. Pam currently is the project coordinator for Chickaniddy Crafts! She simply loves to create with paper and glue! She also likes to cross stitch, sketch, and take pictures.

Pam currently lives in Tennessee with her loving husband, Kevin and adorable son, Sean. She grew up in the Chicago area and since has lived in Indiana, Florida, and Ohio. They spend their free time going to movies, spoiling their two dogs, visiting local historic sites, and other family activities. Pam and her family are active members of their church and enjoy spreading the gospel.

About this Site

Ideas for Scrapbookers used be a blog with multiple contributors. Since September, 2014, it has become the creative site of Pam Callaghan. Please visit the old posts and keep in mind that not all of the older projects are created by Pam Callaghan. A badge on the bottom of the page or a name above each project will let you know who created it.